the evolution of Leni

Under the weather.

I had a fever this past weekend and spent the majority of the day in bed (both days). I'm still not feeling 100%. I wasn't able to do a long run this past weekend. I'm not sure if I should even attempt a long run in the next day or two, since it's so close to race day. At this point, I just want to be healthy on race day -- which is this Sunday.

No TGIF for me!

 

I've had a VERY busy week this week. For some reason there has been a ridiculous amount of assignments due recently. I have been working off of 5-6 hours of sleep a night for the last two weeks now. [My body likes to have 8-10 hours of sleep in order to fully function.] I wish I could have a day where I could lounge around like Spunky and not have to worry about school or assignments that are due.

Fridays are my least favorite days. I have PE from 9-12, then I run (literally) the 1.25 miles home from the gym to shower. I grab lunch and either eat it on the way to class or in my next class, which is from 1-4pm. I then tutor from 4:30-6:30p. It is non-stop all day and I'm constantly in a hurry to get to the next place.

After tutoring today, I will be driving to pick up M in LA and then we're off to Fresno for the weekend. Sadly, I will still have to work on assignments and projects over the weekend and am not sure how I am going to fit everything on my weekend to-do list in when 8 hours of my weekend will be spent driving in a car.

I hope that you're weekend is more relaxing than mine!

 

USC Football Game

M and I went to the USC game this past weekend. The seats were amazing and it was an exciting game up until the end. I'm not a big football fan, but I enjoyed spending the quality time with M! Plus, he snagged the tickets for free, so you can't beat that!

 

I think USC's horse is pretty awesome.

 

I love this next picture with the pom poms!

 

T.J. McDonald (#7) went to the same high school as I did. While I did not know him, he was a friend of my little sister. He's an amazing football player, just like his dad.

 

Check out the guy's face in the top right hand corner of this photo, it's hilarious:

Fact Of Life.

After Monday and Tuesday, even a Calendar says: W T F.

 

From here.

What does your desk say about you?

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Unofficial Half-Marathoner

Warning: The photo posted below does contain some blood, so if you are queasy, don't look at it.

Last night Lex and I went for a Halloween run from our apartment to Balboa Island and back. We ran past some of the cutest Halloween costumes. On our run, people were making comments about how we were dressed like "joggers" for Halloween. We had some funny comebacks; my personal favorite, "We have to work off all that candy somehow!" The best part was that we actually managed to trick or treat for a little candy. We were feeling a little tired on mile 7 and helped ourselves to some chocolate.I had forgotten which street exactly we were supposed to turn around at, so we just kept on jogging.

During the last 3 miles or so, my dad called, so we switched from jogging to fast walking while we talked to him. After getting home, I looked up the name of the street we were supposed to turn around at. Turns out, we ended up doing a total of 14 miles. Our time for the total 14 miles, including the last part that we walked was 3 hours.

When I got home, I noticed my toe was all bloody. Surprisingly, it didn't hurt at all during the run. Apparently, one of the sides of my toenail was sharp and cut into the side of my other toe. [Please don't mind the toe with the black nail. It's a soccer injury from a couple of weeks ago; I'm hoping I don't loose that nail.] Aside for usual blister, (I seem to get small ones whenever I run longer distances.) this is the first injury I've had. I've very thankful that it's minor!

I'm very excited for race day; two weeks and counting!